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Raleigh County Man Sentenced and Ordered to Pay More than $1.5 Million for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
Beckley, West Virginia—Ross Jay Bailey, 50, of Cool Ridge, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including two years on home detention, and ordered to pay $1,596,301.46 in restitution for theft of government money. Bailey obtained a $2 million loan through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for his business […]
NASA Investigators Expose a Chinese National Phishing for Defense Software
For years, NASA employees and research collaborators thought they were simply sharing software with colleagues. Instead, they were emailing sensitive defense technology to a Chinese national who was impersonating U.S. engineers. Thanks to the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) and federal partners, this long-running ruse was revealed—halting further spread of protected information to foreign […]
Spacesuit Development Delays Could Impact Artemis Timeline and ISS Operations
To ensure humanity’s successful return to the Moon and continue performing spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS), NASA needs next-generation spacesuits with enhanced capabilities. Today, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a new report assessing the Agency’s efforts to obtain new lunar suits and updated microgravity suits for use on the ISS. As […]
Suiting up for Success: Assessing NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits for Artemis and the ISS
After nearly two decades, NASA’s next-generation spacesuits remain incomplete. Today, the Agency continues to face delays and is reliant on Axiom Space to develop both the Artemis lunar suits and updated ISS suits.
NASA’s Acquisition of Next-Generation Spacesuit Services
NASA awarded contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace in 2022 to compete to provide next-generation spacesuits for Artemis lunar missions and ISS operations. However, NASA and Collins agreed to remove the company’s task orders in 2024 citing an inability to meet the ISS demonstration schedule, leaving one spacesuit provider. Following this and other programmatic […]
Desk Review of NASA Exchanges’ Fiscal Year 2024 Audit Reports Issued by Various Public Accounting Firms
NASA Exchanges operate cafeterias, gift shops, and other businesses to generate funds used to promote and manage employee morale activities like child development and fitness centers. Exchanges are required to obtain an annual audit or review of their financial statements by an independent public accounting (IPA) firm. The OIG conducted a review of the FY […]
Dauphin County Man Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Scheme
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Ardavan Alamoutinia, 33, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Juan R. Sánchez on one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, 10 counts of mail fraud, one count of theft of government money, and one count of […]
Former Wheeling Business Owner Admits to COVID Fraud
Wheeling, West Virginia—A former Wheeling business owner has admitted to fraud totaling nearly $300,000 in COVID relief funds, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Bradley Temple, 48, of Delray Beach, Florida (formerly of Wheeling, WV) pled guilty to unlawful money transactions. According to court documents and statements made in court, Temple, who operated Righteous Brother’s […]
Artemis Lander Program Faces Schedule Delays and Unmitigated Crew Safety Risks
The Artemis campaign aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. To accomplish this feat, NASA has partnered with commercial vendors to develop landers that will ferry astronauts to and from the lunar surface. Since the inception of the Human Landing System (HLS) Program in 2019, the Agency […]
To the Moon and Back: NASA’s Management of the Artemis Human Landing System Contracts
NASA has partnered with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop lunar landers for Artemis missions. Our new audit examined the Agency’s management of these contracts and made recommendations to improve government spending and enhance crew safety and survival.